maily
11-11-2008, 09:55 AM
a restoration project on what turns out to be the worlds first polyphonic synth? [controvesial comment no doubt]
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/intro.htm
a hint of the spec's:
"Channels 1 - 9 house the active vacuum tube circuits. There are 12 oscillators, 60 frequency dividers, 60 band pass filters, 72 VCA's, a pre amp and a hex-vibrati in the generator. There are a total of 146 tubes in the generator."
check the audio samples down the bottom of the page it sounds amazing!!!
doesn't look to inspiring:
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/photos/P101005.jpg
he replaced EVERY component:
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/photos/n33.jpg
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/intro.htm
a hint of the spec's:
"Channels 1 - 9 house the active vacuum tube circuits. There are 12 oscillators, 60 frequency dividers, 60 band pass filters, 72 VCA's, a pre amp and a hex-vibrati in the generator. There are a total of 146 tubes in the generator."
check the audio samples down the bottom of the page it sounds amazing!!!
doesn't look to inspiring:
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/photos/P101005.jpg
he replaced EVERY component:
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/photos/n33.jpg